B. Morris Allen's Blog, page 15
April 5, 2019
Beginnings 005 – Sacrifice
“I challenge you.”
The words rang out clear and crisp as the air of the cool fall morning. The speaker, a young, dark-haired man, held his staff high above his head in a stiff, formal gesture. Brilliant white robes fell back from slim arms ornamented with silver bands.
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“Sacrifice”
The Deathgod’s Chosen
Published 29-May-2014
About the story: Sometimes, being powerful isn’t all it’s made out to be.
April 4, 2019
Beginnings 004 – Blind
I see her in the pool, colored by the autumn hues around me: hair the deep red-brown of leaves, skin the pale yellow of a late flower. Only her eyes have no color. There is no reflection there, and the clear blue of the pool fills them.
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“Blind”
Absent Willow Review
Published 16-Jan-2011
About the story: My first published story, about a man trapped in his own world. Based on a Deep Purple song.
April 3, 2019
Beginnings 003 – Tarot Woman
A unicorn raised one hoof in salute to the small red snake coiled beside a sparkling stream. In the background, pale pink flowers contrasted with the mossy green of tree roots and trunks.
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“Tarot Woman”
About the story: A anti-hero and the woman who tries to help him.
Inspired by a Rainbow song.
April 2, 2019
Beginnings 002 – Erm the Invincible
“The ogre,” they told Erm, “is unstoppable.”
“Nonsense,” he replied. “Nothing is unstoppable.”
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“Erm the Invincible”
Allenthology
Published 25-Sep-2015
About the story: About a hero who fights monsters with a little too much confidence..
April 1, 2019
Beginnings 001 – The Orange Donkey
My name is Jules, I am a boy, 12 years old, and I live on a farm. When I saw Alfred (that was the only name that fit him), I knew I had to have him. I was on my way back from the town school, and I ran the rest of the way home. I slammed into the house and stood a few minutes panting.
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“The Orange Donkey”
BMorrisAllen.com
Published 24-Feb-2013
About the story: My first ever story – from when I was about six. Spoiler: it’s about a donkey – that gets turned orange.
March 31, 2019
Beginnings
“Beginnings are the hardest part”, my mother wrote on the flyleaf of a birthday gift book at some point in my late youth. I think that by then I’d begun to show a moderately serious interest in writing, but I was still in the phase where I sat around waiting for inspiration to strike. I did a lot of musing and blank page staring before I finally realized that that’s not how writing works. Now, I know it’s dedication and work that get things moving. I don’t know that my opening lines are that...
February 18, 2019
Beginnings 000 – The Test
It’s Saturday. A day for sleeping in, for pretending I’ve successfully played sick and avoided school, for luxuriating in having nothing to do. The sun is shining through the window, flickering shadows of new green leaves over the carpet and the clothes I didn’t put away last night. There’s a cardinal singing outside the window.
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“Auld Lang Syne, Ch. 10”
NIAD 8
Published 26-Jan-2019
January 13, 2019
Laying my snowflakes on the table
The first and only worldcon I’ve been to was in Spokane, in 2015. There was a controversy at the con involving a group called the Sad Puppies, whose argument was that SFF had been taken over by an affirmative action mentality. The Sad Puppies (and their littermates the Rabid Puppies) lost the day, but some of the division apparently remains.
I never thought of any of this as in any way involving me, aside from as an individual Hugo voter. Recently, though, I’ve found that reference to some o...
January 10, 2019
Awards eligibility 2018
December 2, 2018
Curious Fictions
So, I’ve signed up for Curious Fictions – a newish way to publish reprints. If you’re curious, I’ll be publishing stories there from time to time, along with a little background from time to time. I started with “Start With Stones” – one of my favorite older stories. Come take a look!
